Party & Programme
End the cycle of splits
24 May 2012
If the left is to build a serious political organisation it will have to facilitate internal dissent, writes Mike Macnair. And that will require both majorities and minorities to act responsibly
What the left thinks of Ed
07 Oct 2010
Jim Gilbert rounds up the response of the left to Labour's new leader
'April theses': myth and reality
07 Oct 2010
Many on the left see Lenin as undergoing a conversion to Trotskyism in 1917. Lars T Lih takes on this myth and reveals a Lenin, who while converging with Trotsky in certain respects, still has a different strategy. There is also the possible influence Kautsky exerted on Lenin
Why I am not an Israeli peace activist
07 Oct 2010
Genuine socialists fight against the Zionist project, writes Moshé Machover
CNWP: dead men's shoes
30 Sep 2010
Phil Kent examines the continuing project to replace the Labour Party
The phases of communism
23 Sep 2010
Jack Conrad concludes his discussion of the CPGB's Draft programme by looking at socialism and the dictatorship of the proletariat
Light and air of political freedom
16 Sep 2010
North American scholar Lars T Lih explores the varying attitude of Marxists towards universal suffrage, freedom of the press and freedom of association
Neoliberal ghosts and the art of brevity
16 Sep 2010
Jack Conrad answers criticisms of the CPGB's Draft programme in the second of a three-part article
Goldilocks and the communist programme
09 Sep 2010
In an opening article, Jack Conrad picks out and assesses various criticisms of and alternatives to the CPGB's Draft programme
Break with ANC popular front
02 Sep 2010
The public sector strike victory has been won despite, not because of, the SACP, writes Peter Manson
Programmatic dead end
02 Sep 2010
The more things change, the more they remain the same. Eddie Ford looks at the latest draft of 'Britain's road to socialism'
Transition and abundance
02 Sep 2010
Schemes for quasi-market communism offer a rationale for capitalism, argues Mike Macnair
Leftist dogma and exaggerated threats
26 Aug 2010
The EDL did not turn up to disrupt an SWP event after all, reports Maciej Zurowski
Communist transition
26 Aug 2010
Nick Rogers discusses the transition to communism in the context of the CPGB's 'Draft programme'
Why don't you call yourselves something different?
29 Jul 2010
Maciej Zurowski reports on some interesting exchanges at the 1234 music festival
Localist separatism can only produce crazy confusion
29 Jul 2010
Mike Macnair reports on the latest attempt to create a national grouping to the left of Labour